Goodbye chrome!
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Goodbye chrome!
Goodbye chrome, it's been nice, hope you find your paradise..Actually come to think of it, It hasn't really been nice. FX4 non appearance packages still come with chrome emblems...WTF? So, when I went to get some more ABS plastic today (BTW, $5 for 3 sq ft of ABS, killer deal) I found that Industrial Plastics in Calgary had an entire row of Plasti-dip with almost every type of it available! Now I'm not much of a dip kinda guy, but I thought I'd give the smoke a try on the F-150 emblems.
Wow.
Looks killer! Identical to the Raptor emblems. About a 90% match to the hyper gray trim on the FX (haven't put the glossifier on yet, that's tomorrow's project, 1-2 coats of it to give it a nice little sheen). Didn't want to go with black, because I hate the all-black emblems. Might as well take them off IMO. Also didn't want to go black/red. That's appearance package territory, no other part of the truck is red. But the smoke on my emblems is about as far as I will go with the dipping, can't stand the guys that go overboard with it. Sorry for the crappy iPhone pics, I will have better DSLR pics once it's all done.
What do you guys think?
(went a bit overboard with masking I think, but the less overspray I have to get off with WD40, the better)
Wow.
Looks killer! Identical to the Raptor emblems. About a 90% match to the hyper gray trim on the FX (haven't put the glossifier on yet, that's tomorrow's project, 1-2 coats of it to give it a nice little sheen). Didn't want to go with black, because I hate the all-black emblems. Might as well take them off IMO. Also didn't want to go black/red. That's appearance package territory, no other part of the truck is red. But the smoke on my emblems is about as far as I will go with the dipping, can't stand the guys that go overboard with it. Sorry for the crappy iPhone pics, I will have better DSLR pics once it's all done.
What do you guys think?
(went a bit overboard with masking I think, but the less overspray I have to get off with WD40, the better)
Last edited by HCFX2013; Dec 7, 2012 at 06:30 PM.
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Goodbye chrome, it's been nice, hope you find your paradise..Actually come to think of it, It hasn't really been nice. FX4 non appearance packages still come with chrome emblems...WTF? So, when I went to get some more ABS plastic today (BTW, $5 for 3 sq ft of ABS, killer deal) I found that Industrial Plastics in Calgary had an entire row of Plasti-dip with almost every type of it available! Now I'm not much of a dip kinda guy, but I thought I'd give the smoke a try on the F-150 emblems.
Wow.
Looks killer! Identical to the Raptor emblems. About a 90% match to the hyper gray trim on the FX (haven't put the glossifier on yet, that's tomorrow's project, 1-2 coats of it to give it a nice little sheen). Didn't want to go with black, because I hate the all-black emblems. Might as well take them off IMO. Also didn't want to go black/red. That's appearance package territory, no other part of the truck is red. But the smoke on my emblems is about as far as I will go with the dipping, can't stand the guys that go overboard with it. Sorry for the crappy iPhone pics, I will have better DSLR pics once it's all done.
What do you guys think?
(went a bit overboard with masking I think, but the less overspray I have to get off with WD40, the better)
Wow.
Looks killer! Identical to the Raptor emblems. About a 90% match to the hyper gray trim on the FX (haven't put the glossifier on yet, that's tomorrow's project, 1-2 coats of it to give it a nice little sheen). Didn't want to go with black, because I hate the all-black emblems. Might as well take them off IMO. Also didn't want to go black/red. That's appearance package territory, no other part of the truck is red. But the smoke on my emblems is about as far as I will go with the dipping, can't stand the guys that go overboard with it. Sorry for the crappy iPhone pics, I will have better DSLR pics once it's all done.
What do you guys think?
(went a bit overboard with masking I think, but the less overspray I have to get off with WD40, the better)
Your emblem looks great. IMO, ALL otherwise chromeless black F-150's should have emblems like that.
looks good brotha. I wanna try the clear over my chrome emblems.. this guy on you tube says clear over chrome gives the piece an excellent match to brushed aluminum.. so i want to try and match my brushed wheels
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I tried it last year and didn't really like it...decided I'd either do a Moody overlay or the smoke on the outer part. Just looked like they were faded and oxidized. Maybe it was my method, but I wasn't a fan of it. Worth a shot on your truck though! Can't go wrong, just peel it off!
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BTW, we have a cabin out at Sylvan lake, not far from blackfalds!
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